Lancashire Key Species - Birds

Bird species listed in the Lancashire Key Species review of 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from LERN.

LKS are split into ...more ↓

All 164

Common Sandpiper ¹
Actitis hypoleucos

Sanderling ²
Calidris alba

Dunlin ³
Calidris alpina

Red Knot ⁴
Calidris canutus

Purple Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris maritima

Ruff ⁶
Calidris pugnax

Temminck's Stint ⁷
Calidris temminckii

Common Snipe ⁸
Gallinago gallinago

Bar-tailed Godwit ⁹
Limosa lapponica

Black-tailed Godwit ⁹
Limosa limosa

Eurasian Curlew ¹⁰
Numenius arquata

Whimbrel ¹¹
Numenius phaeopus

Red-necked Phalarope ¹²
Phalaropus lobatus

Eurasian Woodcock ⁹
Scolopax rusticola

Wood Sandpiper ⁷
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ¹³
Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper ⁷
Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank ¹⁴
Tringa totanus

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Lancashire Key Species - Birds

Common Sandpiper 1 Actitis hypoleucos

Sanderling 2 Calidris alba

Dunlin 3 Calidris alpina

Red Knot 4 Calidris canutus

Purple Sandpiper 5 Calidris maritima

Ruff 6 Calidris pugnax

Temminck's Stint 7 Calidris temminckii

Common Snipe 8 Gallinago gallinago

Bar-tailed Godwit 9 Limosa lapponica

Black-tailed Godwit 9 Limosa limosa

Eurasian Curlew 10 Numenius arquata

Whimbrel 11 Numenius phaeopus

Red-necked Phalarope 12 Phalaropus lobatus

Eurasian Woodcock 9 Scolopax rusticola

Wood Sandpiper 7 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 13 Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper 7 Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank 14 Tringa totanus